The moment Neo touched the device, the outside world vanished and he felt
himself being sucked downwards, amidst millions of swirling numbers and
codes that enveloped him in a sea of green and black. Far beneath him he
could dimly make out hunched shapes in the wild swirling depths, and they
rapidly grew larger, suddenly flattening and forming into the three-
dimensional world he recognised as the Matrix. The swirling of green codes
left him, and he staggered sideways, momentarily thrown by his dizzying
ride. Before him he could see a slender form, back to him, slowly raising a
deadly black gun to her temple. . .
"TRINITY!!! No! Stop!"
She halted, stiffening, then slowly turned. Neo's whole being reached out to her, it was Trinty, HIS Trinity, he wanted to hold her and never let her go –
But then he caught sight of her face, and all words died within him. Her eyes were completely blank as she gazed at him, no emotion at all registering on her face.
"Trinity?" She looked down at the gun in her hand, turning it meditatively. She glanced behind her, at the empty footpath, and her shoulders sagged visibly.
This wasn't right. He took a step forward. "Trin? What-" She continued ignoring him, still staring blankly at that same stretch of path. At something she could not see. He looked at her helplessly, made to step in front of her unseeing eyes.
"Stop!" Trinity held up a hand at him, acknowledging him at last. She looked at him, familiar fury registering in her eyes. "Don't touch him."
Neo held out a hand and, as though coaxing a wild animal, reached out slowly and gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "Who, Trin?" She jerked away the moment he touched her, but that touch was enough. Suddenly, for a split second, he saw the shadowy figure sprawled in front of her. Saw who he was.
"Oh my God. . ." Neo paused for a second, shocked. Trinity thought – thought he was-
Trinity had had enough. She stepped away, and matter-of-factly cocked the safety catch of the gun, turning it to herself.
"Trin, NO!" Neo lunged at her, grabbed her hand, tried to wrest the gun away from her. Like lightning Trinity swung her leg up over her head and kicked him square in the forehead. Reeling, Neo staggered back as Trinity tightened her hold on the gun and whipped level with his face. He froze.
Trinity's eyes were wide and tear-filled, her face blazing with desperate anger. The hand holding the gun shook uncontrollably. She was very close to breaking point. "Leave me alone, all of you!" she cried, her voice high and unnatural, with a breathtaking fury to it.
Neo straightened up. He held up a hand, reaching out to her. "Trinity. It's me. I'm Neo." Trinity's faced wrinkled, she let out a strangled sob, but held the gun trained on his head. Neo took a step towards her, and then another. "Trinity. I'm Neo." She cocked the gun, her hands no longer as shaky.
"The hell you are." He stopped 6 feet away, and held up both his hands, to her. "Trin. . ." His voice was filled with pain, his eyes pleading. He began again. "Once I was shot down by Smith. You brought me back, Trinity." Her hand lowered the gun, without her noticing, as she gazed at him. "You said to me, that the Oracle told you, you would fall in love with the One. And that I couldn't be dead." Tears spilled over onto her cheeks. "I love you Trinity." The gun dropped from her hands. "I love you Trinity!" She took a halting step towards him, eyes desperately hungry.
"Neo?"
She reached out a hand to his face, and then collapsed unconscious in his arms, overwhelmed at last
"TRINITY!!! No! Stop!"
She halted, stiffening, then slowly turned. Neo's whole being reached out to her, it was Trinty, HIS Trinity, he wanted to hold her and never let her go –
But then he caught sight of her face, and all words died within him. Her eyes were completely blank as she gazed at him, no emotion at all registering on her face.
"Trinity?" She looked down at the gun in her hand, turning it meditatively. She glanced behind her, at the empty footpath, and her shoulders sagged visibly.
This wasn't right. He took a step forward. "Trin? What-" She continued ignoring him, still staring blankly at that same stretch of path. At something she could not see. He looked at her helplessly, made to step in front of her unseeing eyes.
"Stop!" Trinity held up a hand at him, acknowledging him at last. She looked at him, familiar fury registering in her eyes. "Don't touch him."
Neo held out a hand and, as though coaxing a wild animal, reached out slowly and gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "Who, Trin?" She jerked away the moment he touched her, but that touch was enough. Suddenly, for a split second, he saw the shadowy figure sprawled in front of her. Saw who he was.
"Oh my God. . ." Neo paused for a second, shocked. Trinity thought – thought he was-
Trinity had had enough. She stepped away, and matter-of-factly cocked the safety catch of the gun, turning it to herself.
"Trin, NO!" Neo lunged at her, grabbed her hand, tried to wrest the gun away from her. Like lightning Trinity swung her leg up over her head and kicked him square in the forehead. Reeling, Neo staggered back as Trinity tightened her hold on the gun and whipped level with his face. He froze.
Trinity's eyes were wide and tear-filled, her face blazing with desperate anger. The hand holding the gun shook uncontrollably. She was very close to breaking point. "Leave me alone, all of you!" she cried, her voice high and unnatural, with a breathtaking fury to it.
Neo straightened up. He held up a hand, reaching out to her. "Trinity. It's me. I'm Neo." Trinity's faced wrinkled, she let out a strangled sob, but held the gun trained on his head. Neo took a step towards her, and then another. "Trinity. I'm Neo." She cocked the gun, her hands no longer as shaky.
"The hell you are." He stopped 6 feet away, and held up both his hands, to her. "Trin. . ." His voice was filled with pain, his eyes pleading. He began again. "Once I was shot down by Smith. You brought me back, Trinity." Her hand lowered the gun, without her noticing, as she gazed at him. "You said to me, that the Oracle told you, you would fall in love with the One. And that I couldn't be dead." Tears spilled over onto her cheeks. "I love you Trinity." The gun dropped from her hands. "I love you Trinity!" She took a halting step towards him, eyes desperately hungry.
"Neo?"
She reached out a hand to his face, and then collapsed unconscious in his arms, overwhelmed at last